Seed and Bulb Ideas

Seed Ideas for Cardoon

While we are on the topic of artichoke seeds, I thought we would chat about cardoon seeds.  They are kissing cousins!  While you eat the bud of an artichoke, you eat the stems of cardoon. The stems have a mild artichoke flavor.  If you live in an area where this plant can become a perennial, then you […]

Seed and Bulb Ideas

Bulb Ideas for Onion and Shallots

For the last several years, I’ve been planting my garlic cloves and onion sets in the Fall.  This is the first year that I am trying shallots.  In Pittsburgh, it is close to impossible to find shallots and different types of onions in the Fall.  Last year I only found yellow onion sets. As a […]

Seed and Bulb Ideas

Bulb Ideas for Garlic

I went to the Tomato and Garlic Festival which is also call Red Ripe and Roasted at Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh, PA today.  One of the reasons that I like to attend this event is to get my garlic bulbs to plant from Enon Valley Garlic. The festival went  from 11 AM to 4 PM […]